Three out of four years, today would be March 1st. Which would mean rent would be due, March Madness talk would suddenly kick in, and those unfinished taxes hanging out over your head would start to feel heavier. Luckily, it’s a leap year- which means we get an extra day to… well, have a regular [...]
Every so often, someone approaches me via twitter, e-mail, or other methods to introduce them to the New Orleans start-up scene or give them tips on how to get involved. I enjoy meeting people new to the city or locals expanding their horizons, so if my schedule permits I meet them for coffee (or [...]
If you took Don Draper’s marketing, added Theodore Roosevelt’s appetite for reading history, and mixed in some greek stoic, you’d get something close to online marketing guru Ryan Holiday. Ryan dropped out college at 19. Since then he’s went on to work with best selling authors including Robert Greene and Tucker Max and currently heads up [...]
John Clark IV, half of the Hop & Jaunt duo, continues to wow locals and nationals alike with his “Today in NOLA” cartoon series. Most recently he captured Mardi Gras scenes ranging from Krewe de Vieux to clean-up and beyond. February 5th: Krewe de Vieux February 6th: All dressed up and… almost ready to go. [...]
After a brief Mardi Gras hiatus, I am back in full force to report on all the New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2012 excitement and introduce you to more of the geniuses behind many New Orleans based businesses. Please, try to contain your excitement as I ease us all back into this routine. OK, so I [...]
On Sunday evening, the entire state of Louisiana cheered when the Academy Award in the animated short film category went to Moonbot Studios for, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. “We created our film and our studio at the same time,” said Brandon Oldenburg, co-founder of [...]
The New Orleans Code for America fellows invited all those who want to increase the developer community in New Orleans to a Civic Hackathon this past Friday and Saturday. The hackathon allowed developers, designers, urban planners, community members and others to share how they think the city could be improved in terms of what type [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: Cloud Server Company Venyu Signs Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys: Venyu’s cloud-based offering delivers remote backup of crucial data needed for both teams. Baton Rouge based, Venyu is [...]
Ruby on Rails (also called RoR or Rails) is a popular programming language, or in over-my-head technical terms, a web-app framework built on top of the original Ruby programming language. It’s in high demand in the world of web 2.0, where sites such as Twitter, Basecamp, Shopify, and many others are built on Rails. [...]
SeNSE is set to host their 12th Film Industry Pitch Night (sponsored by Celtic Media Centre) on March 22nd at 6pm. The event will be held in downtown Baton Rouge at the Manship Theater. For those looking for seed money to launch a feature film project or film industry company, this event is for [...]
